Melvins - Boris

Guitar Tab by Ben Nield - bennield@hotmail.com

. = palm mute
~ = vibrato 
b = bend

Tuning low to high: A-A-D-G-B-E

 63 BPM
 
 Drums come in after 4 bars, vocals 14 bars.


First play this:
 e|-----------------------------------------------------------------
 b|-----------------------------------------------------------------
 g|-----------------------------------------------------------------
 d|-----------------------------------------------------------------
 a|-1---3b------0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---1~~~~~~~~~~~0-------
 A|-1---3b------0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---1~~~~~~~~~~~0-------
                    .   .       .   .   .   .                           

Then play this 9 times:
 e|-----------------------------------------------------------------
 b|-----------------------------------------------------------------
 g|-----------------------------------------------------------------
 d|-----------------------------------------------------------------
 a|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---3~~~~~~~~~~~0-------
 A|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---3~~~~~~~~~~~0-------
        .   .       .   .   .       .   .   .                            

 e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 b|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 g|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 d|-----------------------------------------------------------------|       
 a|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---1~~~~~~~~~~~0-------|
 A|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---1~~~~~~~~~~~0-------|
        .   .       .   .   .       .   .   .                            


Riff 2: (2m:35s "It's like sin")
 e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 b|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 g|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 d|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 a|-1-----------0-----------3-------1-------0---3---0---1---0---1---0---1---0---
 A|-1-----------0-----------3-------1-------0---3---0---1---0---1---0---1---0---
 
 e|---------------------------------------------------------
 b|---------------------------------------------------------
 g|---------------------------------------------------------
 d|---------------------------------------------------------
 a|-0---0---11--0---0---11--0---0---11--0---0---11--0---0---
 A|-0---0---11--0---0---11--0---0---11--0---0---11--0---0---
    .   .       .   .       .   .       .   .       .   .  
 
 e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 b|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 g|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 d|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 a|-1-----------0-----------3-------1-------0---3---0---1---0---1---0---1---0---
 A|-1-----------0-----------3-------1-------0---3---0---1---0---1---0---1---0---

 e|---------------------------------------------------------|
 b|---------------------------------------------------------|
 g|---------------------------------------------------------|
 d|---------------------------------------------------------|
 a|-0---0---0---0---0--------------------------1---3--------| 
 A|-0---0---0---0---0---1/12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~121---3--------|
                                         

Back to Riff 1, then Riff 2.
 
 
Then a variation on Riff 1 where Buzz does lots of bending on the 5th string 
around the 10 and 12th frets for 5 bars. 

Then Riff 2, after which Buzz plays Riff 1 by himself for a while.
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